Machine for cutting, embossing, and printing sheets of paper and cardboard



Feb. 22, 1938. s. LEVIN 2,109,088

MACHINE FOR CUTTING, EMBOSSING, AND PRINTING SHEETS OF PAPER AND CARDBOARD A Filed Nov. 3, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet l s. LEVIN g maggg V SHEETS OF PAPER AND CARDBOARD Filed Nov. 5, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ,4 N 2 k 5 o w l M o 0 a 12 L- \l 9 \1 J al d MW M Feb. 22, 1938. MACHINE} FOR CUTTING, EMBOSSINQ, AND PRINTING Patented Feb. 22, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MACHINE FOR CUTTING, EMBOSSING, AND

PRINTING SHEETS OF PAPER AND CARD- Salomon Levin, Lille, France 4 Claims. or. 101-297) The present invention has for itsobject a machine that cuts, embosses and prints the sheets of paper or cardboard used in photography in a single operation.

According to the invention the manipulation of a single lever causes the consecutive operation of members which hold the sheet to be worked in position, out, print and eject the sheet.

The annexed drawings show diagrammatically by way of non-restrictive example one form of carrying out the invention.

Figure 1 is a cross section of the machine along the line a b Figure 2, illustrating the different members in the act of embossing- I Figure 2 is a plan of Figure 1 showing the respective arrangements of these members for a rectangular cutting out.

Figure 3 is an end view in partial section of the machine showing the operation of the printing device and Figure 4 shows a sheet being placed in position.

Hitherto there have been used separate outting-out machines and embossing machines, but the entire cutting-out, embossing and printing has never been carried out in a single operation.

The machine according to the present invention may be operated by hand, by pedal, under the action of a motor or in any other known manner, and carries out successively these varying operations.

Such a machine is composed of a frame I which carries the supports 2 of a shaft 3 and on this shaft are disposed the supports 4 of the table 5 of the machine, actuated by the lever 6. The frame I carries a stamping and/or embossing plate I, the counter-plate 8 of which is fixed on the table 5. The stamping or embossing plate "d comprises recesses 9 permitting the passage of sheet ejectors 29 and a printing apparatus, whilst the counter-plate 8 comprises a recess I permitting the passage of the control lever II of a grid I2 for the clamping and placing in position of the sheet. The edges of the stamping plate '1 form a counter-blade for the cutting out process, this plate being further provided With ribs. The counter-plate 8 is provided with indentations corresponding to the ribs on plate I for the purpose of embossing a square, a rectangle, an oval or a frame of any other shape.

The knives l3 and M are made in several parts if it is a question of cutting out a polygon; the transverse knives I3 and longitudinal knives I4 acting successively by cutting one side at a time or two sides simultaneously. The knives l3 and I4 may also be constituted by a single plate fixed to the table in any known manner, the edges of this plate or of the knives being straight or indented.

After a sheet has been cut out by these knives, embossed between the two plates 1 and 8 and then printed, it will be in the position shown at on Figure 1. On releasing the control lever 6, the latter will rise with the table 5 under the influence of the springs l6 and H. The supporting plate i2 of the sheet will not follow this movement since it will be held by its control lever ll under the action of the spring [8, this control lever being hinged, by means of an independentsocket IS on the common shaft 3, thus preventing the knives from carrying with them the sheet l5 in their movement upward.

When the table 5 has moved through an angle of about 30 in such manner that the knives have risen above the sheet, a cross-piece provided With stops 2| and 22 and formed integral with the table, will approach one or more fiat springs 23, fixed on the socket I9 of the lever pressing on the sheet and will engage these springs. If the upward movement of the table is continued, the stops on the cross-piece 26 will contact with the springs 23 and thus act on the lever clamping the sheet and the latter will be liberated when the table has attained an angle of about 45.

The claws 24 and 25 integral with the supporting sockets of the table, will contact with the plate 25 of the discharge mechanism and by driving this plate, they will act on the lever 21 hinged about an axis 28 and this lever 21 will drive, through its extremity, the lever 29 hinged about a fixed point 30. Due to the movement of the lever 29 the projection 3! of this lever passes through the recess 9 under the sheet, thus ejecting the latter from its embossing plate 1.

Before the upward movement of the table is fully completed, the stops 24 will have passed over the spring 26 and the levers 21 and 29 will again take up their initial position under the action of gravity or any other resetting method. At this moment, therefore, the stamping plate does not carry a sheet and is ready for the insertion of a fresh sheet to be dealt with.

One or more levers 29 for releasing the sheet may be provided, as also stops, not shown, which Will maintain the raised table at the opening position, under the action of the springs I6 and 57.

After a fresh sheet has been deposited, it will be sufficient to bear on the control lever ll of the plate for clamping the sheet, to overcome the resistance of the spring 23, causing this to pass over the cross-piece 20, which will allow the spring [8 to become operative and thus clamp the fresh sheet in position. The tension of the spring l8 will be increased as the table descends.

As shown by Figure 4, the guiding plate is composed of longitudinal and transverse bars of lengths corresponding to the size of an image or a photograph imprinted at the centre of the sheet of paper and the latter will be made to slide under the guide so as to place the image in position with respect to the cutting and stamping tools.

Thus, the control lever '6 is urged downward in order to carry out a fresh cutting, stamping and printing operation. In this movement the knives will commence by cutting the sheet which will be embossed and printed at the end of the stroke,

by means of the ribs and recesses of the plates The frameis adapted tonslide on guides 35 and 36, and'isjurged upwards by springs 31 and 38 in such manner as toproject slightly beyond the stamping plate. ,Theprinting device can be hidden in the frame I, and is operated by a rod 39, engaging a lever 40 which carries at its extremity amanipulating finger-4| adapted to engage, by a nose piece42, on the edge. of the frame. Opposite this device there will be arranged, in the counter-plate of the table,1-a platen 43 made for example of rubber which will press on the sheet of paper. For certain purposes there may be provided the arrangement on the plates or on the frame, of stops serving to margin the sheets.

Naturally, any of the operations of stamping or printing 'may be suppressed without changing anything in the machine, and it can be applied to all dimensions and to all shapes.

. -I claim:

L-In a machine of the character described, a

frame, a table pivoted to said frame, a paper embossing die mounted 'on said frame and co-operating with corresponding depressions in the table, cutters angularly secured to the table and adapted to coact with the edges of the die for paper cutting purposes, a spring pressed plate pivoted to the frame and extending through the table for paper centering purposes, a paper ejector movable through apertures of the die, and earns operable to operate the plate and ejector in turn upon operation of the pivoted table for cutting and embossing the paper inserted on the die.

2. In a paper embossing and edging machine, a frame, a table pivoted to said frame, a paper embossing die mounted on said frame, cutters angularly disposed with respect to each other 'and secured to the table for cooperation with the edges of the die, means for constantly urging the table upwards, a pivoted centering. plate extend: ing through the table towards the die, a spring for pressing said-plate againstthe die, means operable by the table movement for lifting said' erative'to eject the cut card upon completion of the cutting operation.-

4. A photograph trimming and embossing device, comprising a frame having ears, a tablepivoted to'said ears, springs for urging said table in an elevated position, a die mounted on the frame, cutters angularly arranged with respect to each other and co-operating- With the edges of the die to trim a photograph .placedon said last, meansonsaid diecorresponding to depressions in the table for embossing the trimmed photograph,-means for centering said photograph on the die, and ejecting means protruding.

through the .die and actuated by the movement of the table for ejecting the embossed and trimmed'photograph.

. SALOMON LEVIN. 

